Review: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
Finished the new Kane Chronicles book on Wednesday, but I wanted to let it digest for a few days - plus, you know, I had finals to finish up.
Anyway, for those of you who read the first book in the series, The Red Pyramid, and weren't that impressed, you will be by the The Throne Fire. It was a definite improvement on the first book and I really ( Read more... )
Anyway, for those of you who read the first book in the series, The Red Pyramid, and weren't that impressed, you will be by the The Throne Fire. It was a definite improvement on the first book and I really ( Read more... )
I totally agree with all your quibbles, especially Bes (my ~social justice warrior~ senses were also tingling a little bit) and the age thing. A lot of RR's characters seem older than they are (I constantly have to remind myself that Nico is 11-12). Sadie's characterization wasn't too far off, if I'm thinking of myself at 12-13. But no 16 year old would've dated me. Just no.
Did you notice though that Carter introduced Walt as 14 in chapter one? But then Walt told Sadie he was 16 at Bahariya. That's a pretty major continuity error (and makes the difference between cute and skeevy regarding his relationship with Sadie) but no one else has mentioned it so I'm thinking I'm going crazy or my copy of the book is randomly defective in that one way. But Walt is definitely, definitely 14 in chapter 1 (according to the Disney website, anyway).
Other than those shenanigans, I quite enjoyed the book. The love triangle will probably annoy me a bit but I still loved Walt and Anubis in all their dorky adorableness. All the new characters are great. It reminded me of the campers at Camp Half-Blood that I wish we could have seen more of in PJO. I loved Carter and Sadie's growing friendship and brother-sister love as well. So cute. And anything that references Percy Jackson in any way, shape, or form makes me giddy. All in all, I'm excited to read the next book. Not as excited as I am for, say, Son of Neptune. But still looking forward to it.
(In case you're wondering where I came from, I found your journal when I got into Percy Jackson last summer and went looking for fic. I loved all yours and your random gif!spam capslock posts about it and internet shopping for fictional characters (which is definitely something I have done XD). And it's so nice to find other college age people reading Percy. I've only been able to force one of my friends into reading them.)
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